Shade-roller bracket



J. O. WILLIAMSON.

SHA'DE ROLLER BRACKET.

APPLlCATlON mm) JULY 30. 1918.

1,332,013. Patented Feb. 24,1920.

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I JESSE O. WILLIAMSON, F LEWISTOWN, ILLINOIS.

SHADE-ROLLER BRACKET.

" Brackets, of which the following is'a speciimproved brackets.

fication. 1

The invention seeks to provide, as its principal object, a shade rollerbracket particularly adapted for attachment to a wirdow frame. withoutmarring the latter, the device efiecting a clamping grip on the uppertransverseportion of the inside architrave of the frame.

A further object of the invention is to provide adjusting meanscontained in the device whereby the latter may be adjusted to suitvarious widths o'fsuch inside architrave as before mentioned, theyadjustment being of a character to make any adjustment obtainedpositive.

A still further object of the'invention is the provision of a device ofthischaracter which is simple in construction, durable and effective inoperation and inexpensive to manufacture.

Other and further objects will appear in the following detaileddescription.

I To the exact construction in which it is shown and described, theinvention is'not to be restricted. The right is reserved to make suchchanges or alterations as the actual reduction to practice may demand,in so far as such changes or alterations are comprehended in spirit bythe annexed claims.

In theaccompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevationalview of the top inside architrave of awindow frame, a pair of the improved brackets being shown attachedthereto.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the Fig. 3is a section on theline 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modification of one ofthe clamping members comprising the bracket. 7

Fig. 6 is a top plan View of the structure shown in'Fig. f i I Referringto the drawings, there is shown the upper architrave 1 of a window frameto which are attached the two improved brackets, the two being identicalwith the is a section on the line4-4 of Specification of Letters Patent.

0. WILLIAMSON,

Patented Feb. 24,1920.

Application filed July 30, 1918. Serial No. 247,4(14.

exception of the one being the reverse of the other because of mountingon opposite sides of the window frame. Since the two brackets are alikea description of the one will suflice for both. The bracket comprisingthe clamping member is formed substantially in the shape of an L, thusproviding the leg 3 and the leg 4.-. This clamping memher 2 is madepreferably of sheet metal of sufficient thickness to permit itsretaining its shape after having been once formed. At a selected pointin the leg 3 of the clamping member, the stock of "which the clampingmember is made is bent at rightangles to itself, then again bent into aplane parallel with the plane of the leg, then bent back again towardthe le thus providing an inset portion 5 in whic i there is carried thearm 7, the main or body portion of which is provided with the slot 6.This inset portion 5 is so formed as to provide a trans versely disposedrib 7 on its outer face which rib may engage in the slot 6. The

arm 7 is secured to the clamping member 2 a Between the stud and itspoint of connection with the bodyportion of the arm 7, the rightangular-1y disposed portion 8 is providedwith theshade roller studreceiving recess 10. This recess 10 is made either rectangular or roundin shape, depending on whether it receives the round or fiatted stud ofthe shade roller, there being of course two of the brackets now beingdescribechone of which hasthe round recess and the other therectangular.

Coiiperating. with the clamping member 2 there is a second clampingmember 11. Thislatter is also L-shaped, being formed with the legs 12and 13. The leg 12 on its innerface has secured to it a felt or rubbermat 14 to prevent its scarring the window operatively connected togetherby means of a screw 15, which if to be tool-operated is provided withthe usual kerf for a screw driver, or if to be hand-operated, isprovided with the usual wings.

The clainping member 2 has formed in its leg 3 between the inset portion5 and the lower extremity the longitudinalslot 16 and on that face whichfaces the leg 12 of the clamping member 11 is provided with the.

A screw 19 passes trzmsyersely through the leg 4 of the clamping member:2 with which leg it threadmgly engages and this screw is designed forsetting against the upperedge ofthe architrav'e 1.

In the attaching of the invention to awlndow frame, the clamping members2 and 11 are adjusted sothat the legs 4 and 13 are a distance apartslightly greater than the width of the architrave 1, the screw 15 be ingloosened toxeifect this adjustment. on the retightening of the screwafter the adjustment has been obtained, the engaging of the teeth 17 and18 serves to positively maintain the adjustment. The bracket is then incondition for attachment to the archi- V trave, the legs 1 and 13 beingmade to straddle the latter so that the mat ll lies against the otherunder edge and screw 19 brought above the upper edge of the architrave."The tightening or screwingdown of the screw 19 then brings the lower orfree. end into. engagement with theupper edge of the archi trave, thussecurely attaching the device in place, When the two brackets comprisinga pair'have beenthus attached on opposite sides'of a window frame havingbeen given the properpositions apart, they are in condition to receivein 'the'recesses 1Ov a shade roller and on the studs 9 a curtain polewhich has previously been provided with holes in which the'studs mayengage.

"In Figs. 5 and 6 there is shown a modified form of clamping member tobe used in placeof the clamping member- 11, vThis clamping member isprovided with a leg 30 identical with the leg 12 of the clamping member11, so that it may be attached to the clamping member 2 in thesame wayas is the clamping member all. This leg 30 is formed at'its lOWer endwith a right angularly disposed portion 31 constituting a clampingjawdesigned to engage the under edge fof the architrave. This portion 31 iscovered onits upper face bv arubb'er or felt mat 32 to prevent itsmarring the architrave when the device is attached. This modified formof clamping member is made preferably from one piece'of netal which,after be ing formed to provide the legs 30 and 31 is twisted through anangle of 90 at the end of the portion 31- to provide the extension 33,the face of which is intended to lie in a plane parallel with the planeof the window frame, between the sash and the architrave. This extension33 is formedso that its offset forms the edges of the legs 31 and. 30next to the window fra1ne, so that the extension 33 will bespaced from"the window frame where it faces the latter. The extension is theninturned at the end providing a foot'3 1 which rests against the sideof'the frame ad j acent to the sash. At a pointbetween the foot 34: andwhere it connects with the por-' tion 31, the extension is provided witha transverse hole 35 in which the roun'd stud of a shade roller may besupported; Ofcourse the bracket'used on the opposite side ofthe window-will be provided with a recess formed on the upperedgeofthe extension33, the recess being of the'usual shape to rereive the flatted stud ofthe shade roller.

This modified form of clampmgmember is designed to support shade rollerswhere they are held in between the side of the window frame, such as iscustomary in case of 1 very thick house walls with the resultantincreased thickness of window framing; V

e In the event that the improvedxbraeketis i used on a window frame ofwhich corner blocks'form a part of the architrave, the 7 7 the usualblock projecting out beyond the face of the architrave. i

The invention having been describedwhat 1s clalniedas newand useful 1s:

A device of the kind described comprising" arm 7 may be attached to'theclamping mema duality ofL-"sl1aped clamping members,

means adjustably connecting the? clamping members together, the one ofsaid members havingan intermediate portion ofits longer leg offset toprovide an inset on the rear face thereof, the said offset portionon theouter face having a transversely disposed rib, an

arm provided with means "for supporting a shade roller and being formedwith a longitudinal slot through which said rib passes, a screw whoseshank passes through theoffset portion and the rib and whose headrestsin the inset, and a nut threadingly engaged with the shank of thescrew and bearing uponthe arm.

In testlmony whereof I afiix my-sign'a-ture.

JESSE O. WILLIAMSOhh

